Pirates @ Astros
May 15, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 8 0
Astros 1 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 8 0
Astros 1 7 0

Rob Sperring Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .176
OBP .000 .236
At Bats 0 51
Hits 0 9
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 3

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 3
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Astrodome - May 15, 1977
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Out
Kent Tekulve
Duffy Dyer
Willie Stargell
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Frank Taveras
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Rob Sperring
Wilbur Howard

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 8 0 7
Houston Astros 1 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Kent Tekulve
Losing Pitcher J.R. Richard
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Oliver
Attendance 9,340
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sperring hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Boswell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Jose Cruz pinch hits for Leon Roberts. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ken Forsch now pitching. Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards second. Boswell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Tekulve bunts towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dyer moves to second.
Top 9 Dyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garner scores.
Top 9 Stennett bunts towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out. Garner moves to second.
Top 9 Garner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stargell hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno scores.
Top 8 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moreno moves to third.
Top 8 Taveras hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Moreno. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Top 8 Rob Sperring now playing shortstop. Ken Boswell now playing second base. Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Cabell. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Willie Crawford pinch hits for Julio Gonzalez. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Crawford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richard scores.
Bottom 7 Richard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker who is chasing the ball. Richard reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Rennie Stennett now playing second base. Phil Garner now playing third base. Odell Jones now pitching. Ken Boswell pinch hits for Art Howe. Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out.
Top 7 Bill Robinson pinch hits for Jim Rooker. Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rennie Stennett pinch runs for Miguel Dilone. Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Fernando Gonzalez. There goes Dilone. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Top 7 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ferguson hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Cabell. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Richard strikes out.
Bottom 5 Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rooker bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 5 Dyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards second. Garner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ferguson takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Top 4 Stargell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Parker strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Taveras steals third.
Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Top 3 Taveras hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Moreno. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Gonzalez applying the tag.
Top 3 Moreno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rooker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gonzalez fields it and throws to home to get Ferguson. Watson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ferguson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Ferguson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dyer hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. Stargell goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Garner strikes out.
Top 2 Stargell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rooker fires to first and has Cedeno trapped. There's the throw to Garner who tags Cedeno for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gonzalez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Taveras strikes out.
Top 1 Moreno hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.